The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has named Roars and Whispers a Finalist for the 2016 Crown Awards. The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members. Crown Finalists are not nominees but actual winners. Some will be announced as Gold Crowns; the rest are Silver Crowns. Final results will be announced and presented at the CSPA ceremonies in New York City in March. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison. Student publishing in news, magazine, yearbook or digital (online) formats are all eligible. During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. http://cspa.columbia.edu/first-2016-crown-finalists-announced

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association honored Providence’s literary magazine, Roars and Whispers, with two awards in its 32nd Gold Circle Awards program. For the newspaper, magazine, yearbooks and digital media categories this year attracted 11,110 entries produced by students at colleges, universities and secondary schools throughout the United States.

Roars and Whispers won second place for use of typography on a one page or spread. Alex Reinhart and Sanghamitra Saxena, 2015 graduates, were responsible for design of “Street Ballet.”

The entire staff of Roars and Whispers was also honored with a Certificate of Merit for general use of typography throughout the entire magazine.

For the second year in a row, National Scholastic Press Association has named Roars and Whispers one of ten finalists for the National Design of the Year Award. Abigail Scheper, a senior editor, is credited with the design of both spreads. Winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Convention in Orlando, Florida on November 14th. http://studentpressblogs.org/nspa/2015-design-of-the-year-finalists/